Diamond stocks Articles

Central Africa Republic will be allowed to resume diamond exports after a three-year ban that tried preventing armed groups from financing one of the bloodiest conflicts the region has seen in recent years by illegally selling local gems.The partial lifting of the export ban follows a deal between CAR's government and producers brokered by the United Arab Emirates last March. It will initially app...Read More

Mirny, June 6, 2016 - PJSC ALROSA, the world leader in diamond mining, will send over 2.5 thousand children of the Company's employees on vacation to Russia's health resorts during the summer holidays.The first charter flight Mirny-Gelendzhik has already brought the first group of children from Yakutia to the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar territory. Two hundred children will spend 21 days in Ni...Read More

After four years of depressed prices for most commodities, especially gold, iron ore, coal, copper and oil, the end of the bear market seems closer than ever as raw materials continue to outperform bonds, currencies and equities.Based on the Bloomberg Commodity Index, which tracks returns from 22 raw materials, everything from soybeans to diamonds have experienced an important recovery this year.O...Read More

Expansion projects at two of Canada's oldest diamond mines, Ekati and Diavik, have suffered setbacks this week on the back of permits delays and disputes with landowners.One set of bad news came Wednesday, when Dominion Diamond (TSX, NYSE:DDC) - the owner of Ekati - said it was not planning to begin construction of the new Jay pipe until 2018, a year later than previously planned.The project, whic...Read More

Pure Grown Diamonds, the leading distributor of Lab-Grown Diamonds, announced Wednesday the Pure Value Guarantee program, aimed at assuring our retailers that they can buy Pure Grown Diamonds with confidence, and offer the same value proposition that they would with a mined Diamond to all their customers. You can sell a Pure Grown Diamond and offer returns or trade-ups, and be assured that Pure Gr...Read More

A 5.03-carat fancy vivid green diamond known as "Aurora Green" has set two world auction records for a stone of that colour Tuesday at Christie's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels sale, fetching over $16.8 million.The rectangular-cut fancy rock had been valued at $16 million to $20 million and although it sold at the lower end of that range, it set a "world auction record for a green diamond and world...Read More

Canadian Police are looking into the robbery of an 18-pound, solid-gold, diamond-encrusted eagle statue in British Columbia, worth about $5 million according to the statue's owner.The golden statue was supposed to be the centrepiece of a campaign launched in conjunction with a series of books and events to raise money for cancer research.The statue, called The Maltese Eagle, was supposed to be the...Read More

Petra Diamonds Limited announces the following Board and Senior Management changes, effective 30 June 2016:Mr David Abery will step down as Petra's Finance Director in order to pursue other opportunities. Post his departure, Mr Abery will continue to be available to the Company on an advisory basis for a period of at least six months, as part of the succession process.In line with the Company's in...Read More

Shares in West Africa-focused Stellar Diamonds (LON:STEL) soared more than 20% to 7.85p Tuesday after the company said the Sierra Leone Minerals Advisory Board had "verbally" approved a mining license for its 100% owned Tongo project.According to a preliminary economic assessment, Tongo has the capacity of producing almost one million carats of diamonds over 18 years.Stellar, which applied for lar...Read More

The Russian Direct Investment Fund is considering taking a part in the privatization of the country's diamond miner Alrosa, TASS news agency cited the Fund's Chief Executive Officer, Kirill Dmitriev, as saying on Monday.The government plans to sell a stake in Alrosa later this year.Read more...Read More

Anglo American's (LON:AAL) diamond giant De Beers has named strategy director Bruce Cleaver as its new chief executive, replacing Philippe Mellier, who held the position for five years.Cleaver, 51, takes on the new role at a rough time for De Beers, as diamond prices and sales declined sharply last year amid an economic slowdown in China.Cleaver, 51, takes on the new role at a rough time for De Be...Read More

Russian diamond miner Alrosa will hold investor meetings in the United States and the United Kingdom in June ahead of a stake sale, a Sberbank executive said on Friday.The Russian government aims to make more than 60 billion roubles ($909 million) from selling a 10.9 percent stake in Alrosa, with the sale taking place on the Moscow Exchange this year.The US and UK meetings were "to invite a wide r...Read More

The remains of a Portuguese ship that disappeared on its way to India laden with gold and other treasure about 500 years ago have been found in Namibia's desert coastline.Workers at Namdeb Diamond Corporation, a joint operation between DeBeers and the government of Namibia, were the ones to find the vessel in 2008, known as Bom Jesus ("Good Jesus"), Gainesville News reports.About 2,000 gold coins...Read More

At least 13 people have been confirmed dead and two are missing after a wall pit collapsed at an illegal jade mine in Myanmar's Hpakant, in the Kachin state, the heart of the country's lucrative greenstone industry.The accident occurred Monday evening, following heavy rain that lasted all day, Reuters reports.It is the latest in a series of deadly accidents in recent months to hit Hpakant, where a...Read More

Diavik FoxfireRio Tinto has showcased one of the world's largest gem quality rough diamond to customers in the United States and Israel.The 187.7 carat rough diamond, known as the Diavik Foxfire, was discovered at the Diavik Diamond Mine in the remote Northwest Territories of Canada, 200km south of the Arctic Circle.Rio Tinto Diamonds & Minerals chief executive Alan Davies said "We are delighted...Read More

Alrosa, the world's largest producer of rough diamonds, is proud to announce that the Company's Vice President Mr.Andrey Polyakov has assumed the elected position of the President of the World Diamond Council (WDC) starting from May 22, 2016.Andrey Polyakov served as Vice President of the WDC since 2015. Per the WDC bylaws, the Vice President of the Council becomes the head of the organization. An...Read More

The company operating the Diavik diamond mine says the denial of a change to its water licence could have an "immediate and materially-adverse impact" on the mine.Now the company is appealing to the N.W.T.'s Minister of Environment and Natural Resources for a chance to air its concerns.Read moreRead More

Canada's Northwest Territories government has signed off on Dominion Diamond's (TSX, NYSE:DDC) project to expand its Ekati mine, which could help keep the operation in production until 2033.Lands minister Robert C. McLeod wrote to the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review board Thursday, saying the government accepted the board's 22 recommendations, which were outlined in February.Construct...Read More

Image courtesy of Christie's.The "Oppenheimer Blue" diamond has sold for more than $57 million (56.8 million Swiss francs) including fees, crushing the previous record for the most expensive diamond ever sold at auction.The 14.62-carats gem, auctioned at Christie's in Geneva Wednesday, was originally expected to fetch up to $46 million. The stone now belongs to a private collector after a 25-minut...Read More

Lucapa Diamond Company Limited (ASX: LOM) ("Lucapa" or "the Company") and its partners are pleased to announce the results of the latest sale of alluvial diamonds from the Lulo Diamond Project in Angola.The parcel of 1,862 carats of Lulo diamonds sold for gross proceeds of A$2.9 million (US$2.1 million), representing an average sale price of A$1,580 (US$1,150) per carat.Further large specials (di...Read More